Type-writing machine.



PATENTED AER. 14, 1908.

S. E. FARNHAM. TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 20. 1901.

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TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.20, 1901.

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No. 884,915. PATENTEI) APR. I4, 1908. S. H. PARNHAM.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.20, 1901.

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PATBNTED APB.. 14, 1908.

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TIPI; WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 20, 1901.

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No. 884,915. PATENTED APR. 14, 1908. S. H. FARNHAM.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.'

APPLICATION FILED 1350.20. 1901.

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PATENTED APR. 14, 1908.

S. H. FARNHAM. TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED 11110.20, 1901.

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,14a/VLM .jf 5MM H15 ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

E STEPHEN H. FARNHAM, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIoNoR ro WYOKOFF, sEAMANs& BENEDIOT, oF ILION, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION or NEw\Yo\RK.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

` specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Application led December 20, 1901. Serial No. 86,659.

To all -'whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, STEPHEN H. FARNHAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the count of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvente a certain new and useful Improvement in Type-Writing Machines, vof which the following is a specification.

The invention relates particularl to means for facilitating theadjustment o paper in typ)ewriting machines. l

. ne of its objects is to provide a t pewritingmachine with means whichwil enable the operator of the machine to accurately and positivelyinsert sheets of paper therein so that the ends of the sheets shall behorizontal, and to easily vet the paper into such a position in the macine that writing may be done on a given line, or at a predeter- -mineddistance from one end ofthe paper, 2O

and that each line of writinr shall be 1n a correct alinementhorizontally, and which will render it convenient' to ill apredetervmined line or to make acorrection in any line, and have thenewly written matter in horizontal alinement with the remainder of -theline, Whether the correction is merely the insertion of a roper letter,or of any larger portion of the ine. i'

Another Ob'ect is to provide the machine with means w ich shall coperatewith that above mentioned and by the use of which the operator of themachine can ositively and accurately determine the vertical ppsition ofany part of the writing and shall e able to properly set the paper forthe commence-' ment of a line at a predetermined point, or forcorrecting a line, either as to a word or Words, or a letter or letters,and have the correction in ro er vertical position, so that by the useof otli of said means the positioning of a sheet of paper for theproduction of typewritten lines, commencing at predetermined pointshorizontally and vertically, may be quickly and easily effected, and aline may be conveniently corrected either as to a word or words or a:letter or letters, so as to have the inserted correction or correctionsin true alinement, both horizontally and vertically, as to the rest `ofthe writing.

' v`Anotherobject is to rovide, at one end of the cylinder or roller paten of a typewritin machine, means by which a predetermine line spacecan be selected, so as to positively i insure the commencement of thewriting at a predetermined line on the page, and by lar space iseffected.

which the o erator is enabled to select any line on the s eet and enterthe paper into the machine and advance it therein until the sheet hasreached a position shown by an iny dicating scale mark, this being theposition required to bring the writing in the predetermlned, selected,regular typewriter-space and line. l

Another object is to obtain the positioning of a sheet of paper in amachine for line writmg `and corrections, mainly by mechanical means,and without the necessity of manipu latmg the sheets, except ininserting the sheet and advancing it by turning the cylinder or rollerplaten, the advance of the sheet to be continued until a predeterminedor sclected line is brought to the proper place to allow writing to bedone in that line, said vmechanical means being such that with its aidthe sheet may be readily as Well as accu rately positioned for Writing aline or making corrections in a line. y

Another object is to enable the operator, by means of the mechanism tobe used in horizontally positioning sheets of aper as above stated, toconvert an irregu ar typewriter space to some regular typewriter spaceof the machine, so as to obtain a regular spacing after the conversionof the irregu- Other objects also will lappear in the description of theconstruction and operation of t e mechanism constituting the inventionand of the cooperative relation one to another Of its several parts.

The invention consists in the features of construction, combinations andarrangements of iarts, which are hereinafter described an claimed. J,

It is only deemed necessary to lshow so. much of a typewriting nachineas will enable the construction, application and operation of themechanismv constituting the 'invention tobe clearly understood.

The invention may be applied to many of the well known forms of ty)ewriting machines which include rotary platens. In the drawings,l`igure 1 is a top or plan' view showing one end of the cylinder orroller platen and its carriage frame Fig. 2, an underside or bottom viewof the parts shownin Fig. 1, showing also one end of the'mechanicalmeans or attachment forsecuring a positive horizontal insertion andpositioning-of the paper, Fig. 3, a cross-section of the cylinder orroller platen and its carriage frame, showing the means or attachmentfor the setting of sheets of papercorrectly so that each sheet wheninserted shall be horizontall)v positioned as to its edge, with the gageor stop pins, for stopping thc'insertion at a predetermined line space,retracted from the platen; Fig. 4, a View similar to Fi 3 with the` gageor stop pins, for stopping t e insertion of the sheets of papersuccessively at a redetermined place, projected or advanced;

ig. 5, a rear view, broken away at the center, of the attachmentcarrying the gage or stop pins, this View showing one arrangement of theage or stop pins and the devices by wliic i the pins are adjusted toobtain the line and to change an irregular line s aceon a sheet to aregular line space, and a so showing the side gage for obtaining thevertical position of the sheet; Fig. 6, a detail, in section, showinythe end of the cylinder or roller platen and the devices constitutin theattachment for positively selecting am? obtaining a predetermined line;Fig. 7, a cross section on line 7 of Fig. 6 looking in the direction ofthe arrow; Fig. 8, a cross section on line 8 of Fig. 6 looking in thedirection of the arrow; Fie. 9, a face view of the outer end of thecylin er or roller platen scale band or rim showing the locking dog orpawl Fig. 10, an end face view of the graduated sto collar for stoppingthe circular cylinder scaliJ band or rim at a predetermined line; Fig.11, an end face view of the supporting sleeve or tubular bearingcarrying the graduatedv stop ring and cylinder scale; Fi 12, a crosssection on line 12 of Fi 6 looing in the direction of the arrow; `ig.13, a face view enlarged of'the graduated scale showing the numberedlines from 1 to 33 inclusive; Fig. 14, an edge view of the slip shoe formaintaining the return spring of the circular scale in its wound or tautcon-dition; Fig. 15, an elevation of the conical s ring fo`r returningthe ratchet disk or alate; ig. 16, a sectional elevation through tliefixed collar or tubular bearing showing the release lever or fingerpiece or disengaging the ratchet disk or plate; Fig. 17, a to or planview of the supporting plate for tie fixed sleeve or tubular caring;Fig. 18, a rear view showing the horizontal letter scale and a modifiedconstruction of the bar carrying the gage or stop pins and showing alsothe gage or sto pins adjustable; Fi 19, a similar view to ig. 18`vshowing a moc ication in the attachment of the gage or stop pins to thesup orting bar, showing also a modification in t ie construction andarrangement of the gage or stop pins; Fig. 20, an end elevation showingthe construction of the bar carrying the gage or stop pins of Fi 18;Fig. 21, a detail in section showing t e attachment of the adjustableage or stop pins of Fig. 18; Fig. 22, a detailgin section showing theconstruction of the gage or stop pins of Fig. 19; Fig. 23, a detailwhich is a front view of the bar of Fig. 19 and one of the gage or stoppins of said bar; Fiv's. 24, 25 and 26 are diagrammatic views showingthe graduated scale ring and the cylinder scale, and illustrating theadjustment of the scales and the operation in obtaining a distance oftwo and a half inches from the edge of a sheet of paper; Fig. 27, a planview showing an entire platen and part of the carriage equipped withdevices embodyin my invention; and Fig. 28, an enlarged etail andvertical sectional view taken through the carriage.

. The carriage frame A may be of the usual construction for such framesof tvpewriting machines; and this frame carries t e cylinder or rollerplaten B as usual which has the usual line s acing wheel b connectedthereto and with w ich a line spacing aWl b coperates, -the pawl beingactuatedp by the usual line spacing lever b3. The roller laten has anend backing plate B (Fi .6 with an extended bearing or sleeve B, t roughwhich and the cylinder or roller platen, passes the shaft B3 mounted insuitable bearings in the end pieces of the carriage frame, so as toallow the cylinder or roller platen to be turned by the finger pieces onthe projected ends of the shaft beyond the frame as usual. In the frameis pivotally mounted the usual rod C from which is suspended the scale.support and the frame is arranged to be shifted from and towards thefront of the machine, a rod D fixed in the rear part of the frame beingconnected by links with the ends of the carriage truck as usual. The rodD has thereon, near each end, ears d between which is piv- 4oted, by apin or pivot d', a hanger D, the

lower ends of the hangers supporting a rod on which are mounted the rearor main rolls E, for holding a sheet of paper against the cylinder orroller platen, and feeding the sheet of pa er in either directionforward or back accor inor to the direction in which the cylinder orroller platen is turned. Forward paper feed or pressure rollers EX, (Fi28) such as those usually employed in the o. 6 Remington machine towhich I have shown my invention a iplied, are mounted as usual onadjustable brackets E', carried by the front cross bar of the platenframe, and are adapted to bear against the under side of the platen.'Each han er D', for the rear pressure or main paper fee rollers E, hasthereon a spring d2, attached to the hanger at its lowerv end by a rivetd3 or otherwise, and having its free end in engagement with a stop orrest d on the rod D between ears d as usual, and the hanger may beforced against the tension of the s ring by a wing c, on the rock shaftor rod so that by rocking the shaft orrod through the arm or lever a(Figs. 1 and 27),

connected to the shaft by a collarb and a:

set screw, the wing c will be made to press the hanger against thetension of the spring dl and force the feed rolls E away from the faceof the cylinder or roller platen as usual.

The feed rolls'E are located in openings E',

formed therefor in t-he late or'support F which carries the scale andthe plate support for the scale at each end is connected with a block orhead G mounted on the rod or shaft C so that the scale will be supportedin proper relation to the face of the cylinder or roller platen.

The heador block G has a transverse hole for mountinglthe block on therod C and on one side the ead is provided with a lip e for theattachment thereto, b a screw of the end of the plate su port and t eopposite side or end.of t e block or head has an extension or plate efor the attachment to it of the side guide gage for maintaining andverticall positioning the sheets of paper.

The un er face of the body of the block or head G has therein adovetail-groove g, in

which is a dovetail-tongue g on the abutting face of a plate G', havingan arm C12 extending downwardl from the plate as shown in Fi 5. The bocks or heads G, one at each en of the. scale supporting plate (see Fig.

27), carry the bar having thereon the gage or stop-pins for registeringthe horizontal posi- 30 tion of the paper. This bar H for the gage orstop pins hasat each end an arm H' terminating 1n ears h2, between whichthe arm G2 extends for connecting the bar Hto the head or block, theconnection shown being a pin or pivot g2 passing through the ears ha andthe end of the arm G2, so as to permit of a swinging movement for thebar.; and as shown extending upwardly and inwardly from one of .the earsh2 of each arm H is a crank arm or 40 finger h3 with which the hanger Dcoperates to control. the movement of the sto bar.

Thus, when the feed rollers are move away from the platen a forwardmovement of the stop bar is afforded through springs h4, and

when the feed rollers move towards the platen, the hangers D acting onthe crank arms ha force the stop bar against the tension of the springsh4, thereby Vforcing the leading edge stops-lato their inoperativepositions.

i `The gage or stop pins h in the construction shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5are struck from the supporting bar, by forming teeth on the edge of thebar and turning the teeth at right angles'to the body of the bar for thepoints to serveas the gage or stop pins; and as shown four gage or stoppins are provided, but a greater or smaller number could be used if sodesired. Each gage or stop pin is in line with a slot or opening h', cutin the'body of the scale-supporting plate, and through Lthese openingsthe gage or stop pins can be -projected or advanced into contact withthe face of the cylinder or roller laten as shown in Fig. 4. The bar asa who e is swung forwaild to project or advancethe gage or stop pins bythrough the slidingplates -a regu springs h one at each end of the bar,cach' spring having its free end bearing against the rear face of thebar and being attached at its other end to a screw or an eye or loop g,on the back of the head or block G and the .orward throw of the bar, asa whole, is permitted b reason of its pivotal connection to the arm 2which allows ofthe necessaryreedom of movement for the swing 0f the bar.The bar, with the gage or stop ins thereon, israised or lowered toadjust tllie ins roperly in relation to the cylinder or ro ler Ilatenfor obtaining the required horizontalpposition of the paper and thesetting of the pa er to a regular line space of the machine; an as shownin Fig. 5, the adjustment for raising and lowering the gage or sto pinsis attained (I, the tongue of each plate sliding in its grooved recessin the head or block,.and when ad'usted properly 85 each plate as shownis locke in its adjusted osition by a set screw g threaded into theBlock forits end to engage the edge of the ton e on the plate.

T. e adjustable bar H with its gage or stop pins constitutes the meansor attachment for orizontally positioning the paper; and-the adjustmentof the bar upward or downward is essential, especially where the pinsare fast on the bar to enable the operator of the ma- 95 chine toconvert an irregular typewriter space to some regular typewriter spacewhich is obtained by the line spacing mechanism b', b2, t", by'raisingor lowering the age or stop pins asmuch as may be require to secure theregular typewriter space. Forexample, should it be desired to feedsheets of aper into the machine so that the distance from the leadingedge or top of a sheet, to the line on which writing is to be done onthe sheet, shall be two and a half inches plus a fraction of a line sace, then in order to obtain this result wit s ome number of regularline space movements ofthe platen, it is necessary to have the gage or'stop pins so adjusted that when the leading edge of the sheet restsupon them the particular line alon which it is desired to write on thepa er sha1 be a Whole number of line space distances from the positionto which it is to be ad- 115 vanced bymeans of the line spacingmechanism, or in other Words, the sheet shall then be in such aposition-when its leading edge rests on the stop pins-'as to render thespace throyu h which the sheet is to be fed equal to `120 llar linespace multiplied by some whole number, or to-what is herein termed aregular t pewriter s ace. As a line space is commo y one-sixt of aninch, a line two and one-half inches from the top of the sheet 125 wouldbe fifteen line spaces from the top. If the stop bar Were so adjustedthat the leading-edge of the sheet, resting on the stop pins, would beexactly four line spaces back of the printing line on the platen, thenwith a line 13WI space movement of nineteen line spaces the s eet wouldbe advanced to the proper posi. tion t0 enable writin to be done on iton a' line just two and oneall' inches from its top or leading edge, fora movement of four line spaces would be required to advance the leadingedge of the sheet to the printing line on the laten, and a furthermovement of fifteen line s aces would'be required to advance a linelocatedtwo and one-half inches from the leading edge of the paper, tothe printing line on the platen.

Supposing the stop bar to be adjusted as described, and a sheet on whichit was desired to write at two and one-half inches, prius, for example,one-eighteenth of an inch,

om its leading edge, were to be inserted in the machine so that theleading edge of the paper rested on the stops of the sto bar, then thedistance from the printin ine to the indicated line on the aper, woul befour line spaces plus one-eig teenth of an inch plus fteen` line spaces,or nineteen line 2slpaces plus one-third of a line space. This istancewould be an irregular typewriter s ace, for the sheet could not be fedthrough tliis distance merely by actuatinthe regular line spacingmechanism. But, y properly y changing the adjustment of the stop bar,the

distance from the printing line to the indij cated line on the papermaybe rendered exactly equal to a whole number of line spaces, or 1nother wordsmay be converted into a regular typewriter space. This changein adjustment might be made in the casel supposed either by lowering thestop bar one-third of a line space or by raising it twothirds of a linespace. Should the bar be lowered one-third of a line space then theindicated line on the paper would be exactly nineteen line s aces fromthe printin line, or should the ar be raised two-thir s of a lines acethen said indicated line would be exact y twenty line spaces from saidprinting line, and in either case the adjustment of the sto bar would besuch as to enable the sheet to e regularly fed into the machine by meanso the line spacing mechanism, so that the line on which the writin wasto be done would be advanced just to t e printing line. Obviously thestop bar may be adjusted upward or downward so as to roduce the effectdesired with respect to tiie positioning of the paper, by whateverfractional part of a line space an irregular typewriter space may differfrom the nearest regular typewriter space,

n the use of this attachment'for horizontally positioning the paper andsetting the paper for regular line spaces in writing, the paper isinserted in the machine in the usual manner. The release lever a isoperated which rocks the shaft or rod C, and throu h the contact of lthewin s c with the face o the hangers D', forces t e feed rolls away fromthe cylinder or roller platen. The arrangement of the bar-'Hz ca thegage or sto pins h, is such, with re ation to the feed rollid, that ifthe feed rolls are carried back or away vfrom the cylinder or rollerplaten, the gage or stop -pins will be projected or advanced so that theends ofthe pins will fpass through the slots h to and against the ace ofcylinder or roller platen, obstruct- 'in the feed space between thecylinder or ro ler platen and the scale, through which space s sheet ofaper asses when it is inserted in the mac 'ne w ile the release lever isoperating and holding back the feed rolls, wit the result that the ga eor stop pins will engage the entering edge o the sheet of paper and willoperate to support or hold the paper in a positionfwhich wi l render theentering ed e of the sheet parallel withthe axis of the cynder, therebinsurin the horizontal ositioning of t e sheet in the machine.

mal position, the ga e o1'- stop pins will be retracted or will rece eat the time when the feed rolls have beenv advanced to initially contactwith and set against and on the paper in the regular way. f

he recession or retraction of the gage or stop pins, in the constructionshown, depends on the engagement of the hangers D', on their returnmovement, with the arms or rests h, the pressure of the hangersovercoming the force of the s rings hl, and moving the bar H as a wholeack; and this engage ment of the hangers with the arms or rests occursduring the return of the feed rolls to normal position, so that whenthe' ga e or stop pins arewithdrawnthe pa er wil be caught by the feedrollers. The eed rollers, when they are thus advanced, will grip thepaper to the cylinder or roller platen and wi l operate to hold thesheet of paper inthe positive osition in which it was entered in the macine, or so that the line on which writing is to be done on the apershall be at a predetermined number of ine spaces from the printin lineat the under side of the platen, an so that the paper may be advanced invthe usualv manner through a whole number of regular typewriter spacesto the desired osition.

Each block carriesa side gage for ositively insuring the verticalpositioning o the sheets of paper. The side guide gage is in the form ofa plate I, havin a tongue or neck or tongue I is of a dovetal' shape andthe recess therefor in the extension or late e is likewise dovetail 1nshape; and w en 1ngir-loove or recess by a set screw i, having a l gerpiece i by means of which the set ith the return of the release lever tonor iis I projecting inwardly at right an lesto the serted the tongue orneck I is held in its Y screw can be turned to engage and disengege itsend with and from the neck'or tongue,

The side age is adjusted to the position required, by oosening the setscrew and moving the plate toward orfrom thel head oI` block asnecessary for the position wanted; and when the position is reached theplate is locked-in its adjusted position by turning the set screw tocauseits end to engage the edge of the tongue or neck. The adjust-V mentcan be eas v y and (ztuickly made, only requiring the loosening o theset screw and the tightening thereof when the plate fis adjusted; andwhen adjusted the plate furnishes a gage guide for the vertical edge ofthe sheet of paper when inserted, against which the edge will abut sothat .in all cases the sheets of paper will have the same vertical edgeadjustment` thereby insuring the same regular vertical positioning forthe successive sheets of a er. It will thus be seen that by means oit egage or stop pins and the side gage guide, the sheets of paper will allbe positioned both horizontally and vertically in regular lines, therebyinsuring a regular and positive horizontal and vertical alinement forthe writing. The gage or stop pins for positively horizontallypositioning assure the kset of the successive sheets of paper in thesame horizontal position, andalso enable a correction in a line to bemade, with the assurance that the correction will be in the samealinement as the rest of the line; and the side guide gage insures thesetting of the successive sheets of paper in the same positionvertically, and also assists in enabling a correction to be made inl aline with the positive assurance that the correctionwill be in theproper vertical position. It will be seen that the successive sheetswill have the same relative positions and that any corrections made in aline must be mechanically correct because the sheet of paper is set inthe machine and passes through the machine always under thev sameconditions as regards horizontal and vertical positioning and alineyment.

Adjacent to the late B', at one end of the cylinder or roller p aten, islocated a plate or disk J having around its peripheryratchet teeth y',and this late, around its axial center has a hub or tu ular extension J'which is mounted on the sleeve or tubular end B2 lof the end plate B',so as to be free to revolve with B2 and in a stationary sleeve O ortubular end as a bearing. A ratchet pawl l or dog K is so arranged thatits acting end 7c normally engages the ratchet teeth of the plate ordisk, and the tail or other end of the dog is engaged by the free end ofa sprin K', which acts to throw the acting end o the pawl inward andinto engagement with the teeth, at all times, except when the -plate ordisk is moved -endwise or axially out of engagement with the pawl ordog. The plate or disk normally actson the cwi to tern it. and the' partorparts to whlc 1t 1s attached with the cylinder or roller laten when'ape:

is fed into the machine. he pawlor 05K is pivotally mounted on a pin orstud 1c' extendin out from a supporting block or ieee 1:3, hel in aiixed position, so that theA og i free to rock on its pin orpivot untilits tail end strikes the face of the drum, and to be forced b the springinto engagement with the teet of the ratchet plate or disk. A plate,disk, drum or short cylinder L, having as shownav circumferential wallor rim l an an end wall or plate Z is slipped over the periphery of theend plate B so as to be free to turn on-the periphery as a bearing; and`as shown the end wall or plate Z' has therein ad jacent to the hub ortubular sleeve of the ratchet plate or disk a circular hole Z2 forclearing the outer support or tubular bearing of the hub or box of theratchet late or disk. A second plate, disk, drum or short cylinder M,having a circumferential wall or rim m and an end Wall or plate m' issli ped on to the circumferential wall or rim o v the. drum or cylinderL and is locked thereto so as to turn therewith by a pin or key orotherwise and on the outer face of the wall or rim is a scale arran edin two rows or columns, the numerals o one row or column running from 1to 33V and those of the other row or column from 34 to 66, the iirst rowor column of scale marks, l to 33, re resenting one complete revolutionof the cy inder or roller platen for line spacing, determined by thethirty-three teeth of the line spacing wheel b', and the second row orcolumn, 34 to 66, representing another complete revolution of thecylinder or roller platen for line spacing, the two rows or columns ofscale lines or numbers representing two complete revolutions ofthe cyinder or roller platen.

A coiled spring N is located in the space between the end wall or plateZ' and the end wall or plate m', within the outer drum or cylinder M.One end of this spring N is attached to a stud or pin n, projecting outfrom a fixed or stationar sleeve or tubular bearing 0 in which the ub ortubular extension J' slides and revolves, and the free end of the springN bears against and is attached to one end of a sliding ring or sleeve nwhich is free to travel on a track m2 on the inner face of the outerdrum or cylinder M, the arrangement being such that the. spring willalways be under a tension so as to operate and return the outer drum orcylinder to a certain position which will be indicated by a scale markand may be termed its normal position, with the result that after thespring is once wound to the tension required, it will be kept under thattension or be wound to a greater tension and rendered capable ofrepeatedly operating to return the outer drum or cylinder to its normalposition. The ends sol 0f the Slide, l'g'ol' Blelve tend l, and the ringelrtan outlit is released.

cylinder or drum M, so that o M is rotated forwardly, and by thefrxctional l from each ot er, ward pressure against, and constantlybearsalong the circumference of the or sleeve onits track m?, and as thelimit o the windis reached, the s ring N will be held in its txilitlywound con 'tin, and the vring will thereafter slip on its track, thefriction between the ring and its track then preventin the. spring fromuncoiling or un-winding unt' The spring is re-wound, .after eachun-coiling or un-winding, with the forward rotation of the cylinder orthrou h the engagement of the ratchet/plate or with the dog K this dogbeingl fixedly pivoted to the end wall or plate ofthe drum or cylinderL, which in turn is secured to the with the turning the cylinder orplaten the drum or c linder engagement of the pressure shoe of thespring N the spring is rewound u to the limit of its winding, makin in eect, a constantly wound s ring. Ihe release of the dog or awl K om itsrotatable disk 'eases the lock forV the drums'L and M, so that thespring N will act' and give a reverse rotation to the drums or cylindersuntil the rotation is stopped as hereinafter described.

The sleeve or tubular bearing O has a rim o, and on one side the rim iscut away so as to lea've an opening o for the passage ofthe end of ascrew driver or other tool to engage the notch of a set screw 0*, bymeans of which the hub or tubular sleeve B is fixedl attached to theshaft or rod B and in or er to or plate, re-

' permit of access to the set screw by the screw driver or other tool,the sliding hub'or sleeve J has an opening o, which, when the ratchetplate or disk is disengiged from the pawl, comes in line with t eopening o. The ratchet disk or plate is free to slide endwise on thesleeve or tubular end B', and is held against independent rotation onthe sleeve or tubular end by a guide screw j, the head of which projectsinto a longitudinal slot j formed in the Wall orbody of the, hub orsleeve of the ratchet disk or plate; and near the outer end of the hubor sleeve of the ratchet diskor plate and in the outer surface, thereofis a circumferential groove j', for a purpose hereinafter described. I

A ring P is loosely mounted on the fixed sleeve or bearing 0 and thisring, as shown, has an inclined upper face, on which are scale marks pto the number of 33, correspondi to the number of figuresof each row orcrdlumn of scale lines on the drum or cylinder, M. The ring P, whileloosely mounted on the fixed collar or bearing O, can be fixedlyattached to the collar when adjusted so that a predetermined scale lineon the ring matches or is in alinement with a ositioning line p (Fig. 1)on the rim of the ed collar platen,

to the position shown or tubular bearing; and the graduated scale ringis' lockedan held in -its adjusted-positionA by set screws p passingthrouV and bearing at their inner ends 'agams face of the xed collar orbearing Thle graduates scale ringfhas its innlr face aso ortepu oren te'movallle on the xrlddsollar orchi-g1g' digg the rojecting lpin or studn; and the ot m 1n t e end wa or plate m of the ,drumI or short cylinderM is for the passage of the stud or mninassemblingteparts. Adro latcordoQ is pivoted at to the end w or plate of t e drum or cylin er M sothat its actl'ng or free end coincides with the numeral arranged thatits actingend, when dro 1n Fig. 9, will strike against a sto p on thegraduated scale kand hold t e line scale drum or cylindelil'l ainstfurther rotation by the s N, ereupon the scale line N o. 1 on he m or'cylinder will re 'ster with line'No. 1 on the' scale-rin and eac of theother lines on the drum wil register with the corres nding line on thering, and the drum will goperative to indicate the position to which thepaper is to be fed in the machine, so as to enab e the first line to bewritten in a articular selected s ace on the sheet, as Will after expained. 4

The ratchet ldisk or plate and its hub or sleeve are moved endwise bymeans of a pivoted lever or finger piece R, located between ears o onthe fixed collar or tubular bea O, and su ported by a in or ivot rassing throught eears o and t e bo yof theliaveror ger piece, and theposition of the lever or ger piece is such that its acting end r entersthe circumferential groove j in the hub or tubular sleeve J', whichgroove enables the ratchet disk'or plate to be rotated withoutinterference from the acting end of the lever or finger piece. The otherend r of the lever or fin er iece extends above the ears and enab es t eoperator to move the acting end of Athe lever or finger piece, to forcethe ratchet disk or. plate away from the end late B a sufficientdistance' to make it clear t e pawl or do K, and when this is done thecircular sca e M can rotate independently of the cylinder or rollerplaten and can be reversely turned without interference from the ratchetdisk or plate; and after release of the lever or finger piece R, theratchet disk or plate is returne to normal position by a comcally coiledsprin o, located between the face of the disk or date and thel end faceofthe fixed collar or tu ular bearing o. The end of the conically coiledsprin fits in a hole in the end of the collar or tubuEir bearing, thebody of lherein- 'the spring terminating at the attached end as shown inthe circular opening l in the wall or plate l of the drum or cylin er L,so that the mais 'd spring is'prevented from turning and is free v torform the office of restoring the ratchet dis orlate toitsnornialpositlon. The ed collar or tubular bearing O is heldin ositionby a plate S, which `may be attached to the end of the carriage-frame byscrews s as shown or in any other suitable manner; and this plate has,extending u and inwardly from its to fixed earsls, eac of which hastherein a s ot s2, and between vthe ears s extend the ears ocarrying thelever ror fin er piece R, with Athe inor pivot 1'2 rojecte at each endbeyon the ears o ang into the slots s,for the purpose of holding theparts against end movement in use. A pointer or indicatorl T, havinrlr astraight edge t, extends to the numbered scale of the drum or cylinderM. This pointer is shown attached to the front bar ,of the carriage 2oframe by the same screw which attaches the lifting'arm to the carriageframe, but it might be' attached to the frame'by other means.

The movable plate, disk, drum or cylinder, with'the numbers thereon,constitutes what 25..may be termed a circular scale, and the ringadapted to be turned and locked in an adjust- 'ed-position,l andhavingthereon lines, constitutes what may be termed a graduated scale. Thecircular scale in connection with the graduated scaleenables theoperator to select a particular line space on the aper and to soset thegraduated scale'that w i'enhe releases the circular scale by means ofthe lever or finger R and then turns the' platen Jfor- Ward, thecircular scalewill indicate the arrival ofthe selected line space at theprinting line on the platen, so that if writing is then done the line ofwriting will be at the desired number of line spaces from the ltop ofthe 40 sheet of paper or in the predetermined posi- Ation which may beindicated on the scale by yscale-line No.1. If, as an illustration, itis desiredto have the first line of writing at a distanceof two and a.half inches from the top ed e of a sheet of paper, and if the number ofine spaces to an mch is six, which is ordinarily the case,`the operatorknows that fifteen regular line spaces .would equal the distance of twoand a half inches from the top edge of the sheet of paper, the top ofthe first space being at the top edge of the paper. The number o spacesfrom the horizontal sto or gage pins to the writing line of the cylinderis usually four regular line spaces,

and as this number of spaces is to be com ensated'for, four spacesmust'therefore be at ded to the fifteenregular spaces to furnish thefour compensating spaces required, makin a n total of nineteen lines asthe basis of calcuiation. This total (nineteen) is to be deducted lfromthirty-four, line No. 34 being the equivalent "ofline No. 1 which is tobe at the distance of two and ahalf inches from the top ledge of 'thesheet lof paper. The 'operator proceeds by deducting nineteen fromthirty- No.1'5 on the circular scale.

four and obtains the remainderfifteen, which is the number of the scaleline to be particularly considered in ad'u'sting the scale to facilitatethe location of t e first line of the writing at a distance of two and ahalf inches from the top edge of the paper; he then sets the graduatedscale ring so that'the graduated line No. 15 is opposite the positioningline p4 on the stationary or fixed collar or tubular bearin and locksthe graduated scale ring in this a justed position; the lever or fingerpiece R is then actuated by the operator to release the ratchet-disk orplate from its ratchet-pawl or dog, leaving the circular scale drum orcylinder free to be given a reverse rotation, until the stop dog orlatch Q comes in contact with the stop or `lug p2 on the graduated scalering and stops the rotation of the circular scale drum or cylinder atthe proper point to render the defining end t of t e pointer T even withthe graduation Then, if a sheet of pa er'is inserted in the machine andthe cyhn er or roller platen is turned forward until the scale-line No.1 is in register with the defining edge of the ointer, the paper will bein such a osition t at should writmg be done on it the ine of writing,which would be the first line, would be at the distance of two andone-half inches from the top edge of the sheet of paper, the paperhaving started'at the pins, or end-stops, in its regular passage throughthe machine.

The diagrammatic Figs.` 24, 25 and 26 illustrate the manner of settingthe scales and inserting the sheet of )aper to obtain a two and a halfinch space rom the top edge of the paper to the first line of writing.The graduated scale ring is set so that line 15 on the ring is oppositethe positioning line 4,* the release of the cylinder scale allows tiiisscale to turn backward until line 15 on this scale is even with thedefining end t of the pointer T, as shown in Fig. 24. The sheet of )aperis inserted, with the parts as shown in ig. 24, so that its leading edgeabuts against and rests on the pins h; the cylinder or roller platen isthen turned as usual in inserting a sheet of paper into the machine, andthe advance of four line spaces brino's the leading ed e to the printinpoint on the cylinder or rol er platen; and t e further forward movementof the cylinder or roller platen, until 1 is at the defining end t ofthe pointer T, carries the paper around so that the printing line on thesheet is two and a half inches, or

fifteen line spaces, from the leading edge asl shown-nin Flg. 26. If athree inch space from the top edge of the paper is desired, four isadded to eighteen, making twentytwo (eighteenbeing the number of line s)aces in a space three inches wide, and four being the number ofcompensating spaces), and the `number twenty-two is deducted fromthirtyfour to .obtain the 'number of the line by justed both horizontathrough the machine.

which the graduated scale-ring is' to be set; the deduction shows that12 1s the number required and the operator sets the graduated scale-ringso that the graduated vline No. 12 thereof is opposite the positioningline v onthe stationar or fixed collar or tu ular bearing, and ocks thering in this adjusted position. The circular scale will then operate asdescribed above. 0n the reverse rotation of this scale the scale lineNo. 12 will aline with the pointer, and when the cylinder or roller paten has been turned until the scale-line l registers with the Vdefiningedge of' the ointer, the scale will indicate that line 1 of t ewritingwill be at the distance of three inches from the top edge of thesheet of paper.

The gage or sto i pins may be conveniently set as here descri ed inorder to convert an irregular line space on a sheet of'vpaper to a relar line space. l

llie sheet of paper having been inserted in the machine in the regularway it is then adly and perpendicularly so that if'writing were to bedone the lines would be in the desired positions on the sheet, and in sodoing care must be taken that the paper isset true horizontally withrespect to the cylinder or roller platen.. Then the aper is turned backin the machine until the orward or lower end of the sheet is within aline s ace distance from the gage or stop pins, an` the stop bar isadjusted as above described, so as to cause thepins to rest against thatend of the aper. After this the set screws are tightene and the gage orstop pins will be set and held to horizontally position the enteredsheets of paper so that an selected line thereon shall be at a regularine space distance from the printing line on the platen when they startto pass One of the side ages onl may be used in combination wit the enstops, or both side gages Vmay be so used. When both of these gages areused each of the lateral edges of a sheet of paper, when it is properlyinsertedin the mac ine, is in contact with a side gage, and the leadingedge of the sheet is in contact-with the end stops.

After the gage or stop pins for horizontally positioning the sheets andone or both of the side gages for perpendicularly ositioning the sheetshave been adjusted in tlieir proper positions and locked, the sheets ofiaper inserted in the machine will be carried forward accurately in theusual way, and if a sheet ofl paper which has been written on isreinserted in the machine and advanced in the re ular way the lettersand lines of writing will e in their right places, enabling a letter ora word or a sentence or a complete line to be written over in perfectregistration with the previous writing.

The cylinder of a t pewriting machine when at rest is always field insome regular the pointer T; the paper is then fe .scale is to bbe set.

osition by the s rin detent roller b e ing the ratchet I)teetgh of theline Aspxrigciigg wheel t', each regular osition of the platen beingsuch that when t e platen is turned in either direction from one regularposition to the next the cylindrical surface of the platen movesthrough. a line space distance. The graduated ring may be set to renderit cooperative with the circular scale in registerin the predeterminedposition required, the cy inder of the typewriting machine being atrest, in the manner here explained.

The sheet of pa er is insertedin the inachine with its lea ing ed e incontact with the ga e or stop pins, the eed rolls being re- "tractei andtheage or stop pins advanced (the pins having een previously adjusted inthe manner described, if necessary to convert an irregular space into are ular space), and then the exact number ofg line spaces from theprinting line on the platen to the predetermined position of the line tobe written on the paper is ascertained. The platen and circular scale ordisk are first turned by the operator and set so that scale line N o. 33is even with the definin edge of dg forward through the machine intheregular wa by the line spacing mechanism or by a ilrriger wheel untilthe predetermined the paper has reached the printing point in themachine, and the operator observes the number of regular spaces requiredto so feed the paper into the machine, which number will then beindicated on the circular scale in the first column of figures thereon bthe numeral at the defining edge of the pointer; and the circular-scalenumber thus indicated position onis deducted from thirty-four, theremainder being the number by which the graduated When the graduatedscale has been set so that the scale line, whose number has beenascertained as described is even with the mark on the sleeve or tubularbearing, and the scale rin has been fastened by the set screws, this scae will be held permanently in the position it should occupy. Thecircular scale is then to be released, by means of the lever or fingerR, and allowed to rotate until it is stop ed by the contact of the dogthereon with tlie lug or stop of the graduated scale ring. When this hasbeen done the circular scale will be in its normal position, and thenumber thereon o posite the 'iointer T will be the scale num er by wliici the graduated scale ring has been set, and the difference between thisnumber and 34 will be equal to the number of line spaces between theprinting line on the platen and the leadin edge of a sheet of paperrestin on the eng sto s, plus the iven number o regular spaces rom thelea ing edge of theV paper to the redetermined line on which the writingis to e begun on the sheet of pa r.

'The paper'is to be inserted in the machine,

While the circular scale is in its normal osition, the dog Q then beingin contact wit the stop p2, and be fed forward in the regular way by thefeed rolls until the numeral 1 of the circular scale is opposite thepointer T, when the paperwill be properly located in the machine toenable line 1 of the writing to be produced at the predeterminedposition on the a er.

It will e seen that in setting the graduated scale and adjusting thecircular scale to adapt them to indicate positively a certain regularspace for the commencement of the writing, 1t is only required: (1) todeduct from .thirty-four the number of the line spaces through which thepaper must be fed to get the predetermined space on the paper at theprinting line, this number having been ascertained by feeding the sheetof pa er into the machine and'observing. the num er registered by thecircular scale as described (2) to then set the graduated scale so thatthe number on the graduated scale equivalent to that obtained by saiddeduction, shall be in range with the ositioning line on the fixedcollar or tubular earing; and (3) to then release the ratchet-disk orplate from its ratchet-dog or pawl, allowing the s ring to act and turnthe circular scale until t e stopdog or latch thereon engages the stopor lug on the graduated scale r1n When these acts have been performed, isheets of paper are inserted in the machine with their leading edgesresting on the gage or stop pins, and are fed forward through themachine in the regular way until the definin edge t of the` pointerregisters with the sca e line 1 on the circular scale, the sheets ofpaper will have been positively located in the predetermined position,ready for the operation of the machine.

Line 1 of the writing may, as an example, represent the first linewritten by the machine on a letter. 1f there are to be two spaces abovethe date line, and double spacesk between the date line and the addressline, and double spaces between -the address line and the courtesy-line,and double spaces between the last-mentioned line and line 1 of the bodyof the letter, eight regular line s a-ces of the machine would berequired albove line 1. The operator having deducted eight plus fourfrom thirty-four, (four bein the number of line spaces from the faces othe pins h to the printing line on the platen) he would set thegraduated scale with its mark No. 22 at the mark'p, and release thecircular scale. Then if he should insert in the 'machine a sheet ofpaper, causing its leading edge to rest on the gage of sto p-pins h, andshould feed the sheet forward in the regular manner until line No. 28 ofthe circular scale was even with the defining edge of the pointer T, hewould be ready to write the date. The second of the three linespreceding line No. 1 would be written when the number 30 was even withthe pointer, and the third of these lines would be written when thenumber 32 was even with the ointer. The position of the first line ofthe body of the letter would be indicated by the scale-mark No. 1 on thecircular scale. It will be seen that the attachment for facilitating thehorizontal positioning of the sheet as described, cooperates with thecircular scale and the graduated scale to render the circular scalecapable of indicatingI a selected regular line space, which is tocontain the first line of the writing, it being understood that theattachment for the horizontal positioning of the sheet of paper has beenpreviously regulated or adjusted if necessary, to convert an irregularspace into a regular space, and the graduated scale adjusted and set topositively indicate the predetermined position for line 1 of theWriting.

After one or both of the side guides and the attachments forhorizontally ositioning the paper and for indicating a pre eterminedline s ace have been adjusted and set, the first line written on eachsheet of aper may be conveniently started at a pre etermined point, andspaces of the saine width above the writing and lateral margins of thesame width at the left of the writing may be easily obtained on all ofthe sheets of paper. The attachments enable an error occurring on anyline of the written matter to be readily and quickly corrected; as forinstance, if an error in a letter is found on the fourth line in thebody of the written matter after the sheet of paper has been removedfrom the machine, the sheet of aper can be readily reinserted in themachine and caused to assume precisely the same position which itformerly occupied therein when the operator started to writethe firstline on the sheet, so that by turning the cylinder or roller laten untilline No. 4 on the circular scale 1s even with ated on; and to makea'correction in a line of writing, or an addition to a letter, onreinserting the sheet of paper in the machine, the sheet being pro erlylocated by the aid of the stop pins and t e side guide gage, and thenmoving the sheet forward to the desired position for the correction, orfor additional matter to be written on the sheet; and suc-h reinsertionof the sheet does not involve any special adjustment of the sheet ofpaper j other` than placing it in the machine against the horizontalgage or stop pins and the vertical side gage 1de, when the roper line ofthe circular scae is even with t e pointer.

The circular scale above described may be' parts of the writing in theirYproper positions on the paper, A particular class of work involvingsuch an operation of the platen is that which is usually termedcondensed record work orh condensed billing, A brief description of themanner in which this scale is operated, by a person using it in do ingcondensed billing, will doubtless enable its use in other similar workto be well understood. Let it be supposed that the first entr on eachbill sheet is to be made on a line teen line spaces from the top of thesheet, and that the graduated scale and circular scale are in the.positions in which they are shown the desired position on this sheet.

in Fig. 24, and that a record sheet and sheet of, carbon paper are inthe machine, the last entr on the record sheet bei for example, on t ethirteenth line back ofnte end'stops h. The operator inserts a billsheet between the feed rolls and the carbon sheet, causing the leadingedge of the bill sheet to rest on the end stops, and lets the feed rollsadvance to .the paper and the end stops recede therefrom.

He then turns the platen so that the line numbered 1 on the clrcularscale moves first downward and forward and afterwards upward to theposition indicated in Fig. 26, wherein this scale line is represented atthe end t of the fixed pointer T. He now writes the first item of thebill, and this item, for reasons 'above stated, will be on a linefifteen line spaces from the top of the bill sheet, or in The carboncopy of the item on the record sheet will be separated by two blank linespaces from the next entry above it on the record sheet, as will beunderstood if it is remembered that 'thelast entry on this sheet was onthe thirteenth line back of the end sto s when the bill sheet wasinserted in the mac ine. Other items maybe written onthe bill sheet inorder and copied on the record sheet. After the last item has beenwritteny on this bill sheet, the operator advances the paper two spacesby turning the platen so as to rovide for the blank space requiredbefore tiie next entry on the record sheet, and then he adjusts thecircular scale so that scale-line N o. 1

1s at the end tof the fixed pointer. In so ad- 'usting the scale he mayturn it forward by and, or, if the dog Q is far enou h from the stop p,he may actuate the lever sition under action of the spring N. He nowturns the platen backward, together with the and allow the scale to turnbackward to the desired po scale, until the scale line No. 15 is at theend t of the fixed pointer and when this has been done the last entry onthe record sheet will be on the thirteenth line back of the end sto s,and he may withdraw from the machine t e bill which? has been written,and insert another bill sheet and write on it and on the record sheet asabove described.

The adjustment of the bar H, carrying the gage or stop pins h, and/theconstruction of the bar ano the attachment and adjustment of the gage orstop pins, can be varied to suit different writing machines andrequirements provided the bar and pins shall be arranged to properly coerate with the cylinder or roller laten of t e machine. As shown anddescri ed, in the construction illustrated in Fig. 5, the bar H isbodily movable to raise and lower it, and the gave or stop pins areintegral therewith or rifvi ly attached thereto.

A modification of t 1e construction of the carryingA bar H, and of thegage or stop pins and their attachment to the bar, is shown in 18. Inthis modification the bar H is made separate from its end ieces H, andthe arms G2, having the end pleces H pivot ally connected therewith, areintegral or formed with the sus ending heads or blocks G, by means ofwhio the m-carry' bar is attached to the rod C. Tfie pin-bar is attachedadjustably to its end pieces H by ears H2, projecting from the endpieces or su ports, each ear having therein a slot 5 through which afastening screw h passes. These screws enter the ends of the bar, andwhen they are tightened the bar will be held imposition at each end, andwhen they are loosened the bar can be moved upward or downward, carryingthe stop pins to higher or lower positions. The stop or gage pins shownin Fig. 18, instead of being Integral with or fixed to the bar H, areadjustable on the bar. Each of the pins, hl, is secured at one end in anarm or bracket hs, and each arm or bracket is attached to the bar by aset screw h, passing through the body of the arm or bracketand enterinthe bod of the bar. The side edges of eac arm or racket are tapered orof a dovetail formation, and the groove or recess inthe body of the barfor -recelving the arm or bracket is also of a dovetail formation, asshown in Fig. 21. A firm and strong connection of each pin with the baris thus provided and at the same time the pins are made adjustableindependentl of the bar, the adjustment being-obtained7 by loosening theset screw of each. arm or bracket, and moving the arm or bracket up ordown as may be necessary and securing it in its new position by means ofthe set screw. It will be seen that in the construction of Fig. 18 thecarryin bar of the gage or s top pins can be adjusted in igher or lowerpositions, and in addition the age or stop pins can be independentlyadjusted, so that what may be made adjustable separately on the stop barf roller platen.

they may be easily arranged in accurate alinement with one another, sothat each 'sheet of paper will make contact with all of` the pins.

The construction shown in Fig. 19 has the bar H, carrying the gage orstop pins, and its end pieces H formed together ike the corre- -spondingparts of the construction of Fig. 5,

but the arms G2, to which the end pieces of the bar are pivotallyconnected, are integral with the suspending heads or blocks, the

same as on the arms G2 in the construction of Fig. 18. This constructiondoes not permit of the adjustment of the bar carrying the gage or stoppins. The raising and lowering of the gage or stop pins, in theconstruction shown in Fig. 19, depends wholly on moving the arms orbrackets carrying the ins. Thesearms or brackets h2 have bodies o thesame general formation as those of the arms or brackets h2 in Fig. 18,and each arm or bracket is attached to the stop bar by a set screw h2.Each of the ins hw has .a body with two disks h and- 12, connected by astem 71,13. These disks are within a circular recess h formed in the endof the arm or bracket hs, and in the-recess, between the disk 71,12 andthe end wall of the recess in the arm or bracket is a coiled spring h1,which permits of a slight recession of the in h1 when it is forcedagainst the cylin( er 'or The limit of the backward or forward movementof the pin is determined by a screw h1 rojecting into the` space betweenthe disk lill. and k12 as shown in Fig. 22, The arm or bracket and therecess therefor in the carrying bar H are of a dovetail formal tion, asshown, the same as in the construction of Fig. 18, so that when the armor bracket is attached to the bar it will be rigid and iirm with thebar. The pins are adjusted by loosening the set screw h2 of each arm orbracket, and moving the arm or bracket as required to set the pin andthen locking the pin with the set screw h". The yielding action of thegageA or stop pins hw when they are forced into contact with thecylinder or roller platen, renders it easy to so Vadjust the stop bar asto cause all of the-pins to touch the laten even if one or more oftheins shou d differ from the rest in length, or i the bar should not beperfectly true. j

It will bevseen and understood that the gage or stop pins and thepin-carrying bar can be changed as to their construction andarrangement, without departing from the nature and operation of the gageor stop pins, so long as the construction and arrangement adopted willenable the gage or stop pins to be projected across the opening or s acefor the paper, between the scale and j tiie cylinder or platen, so as toform a removi nation with the cylinder or roller platen of able blockadeor obstruction against the admission of the edge of the paper beyond thegage or stop ins, thus insuring a perfect horizontal positioning of thesheets of paper when entered into the machine. The term leading edge (ofthe paper) has been used herein to designate that edge which is next toand extends lengthwise of the platen when the aper enters the machine,and which is usua ly at the top of the sheet after writin has been doneon the paper.

Whilethe parts whichl enter into the constructin and operation of theinvention have been described with some minuteness as to detail, it isto be understood that it is not intended to limit the invention anymorethan is ointed out in the claims, as the construction and arrangement ofthe gage or stop pins, the side guide ga e, the graduated scaleand thecircular sca e can be changed anglv'aried to suit the character of thetypen writing machine to which the devices consti-- tting the inventionmay be applied.

. What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is f 1. Ina typewriting machine, the combination with the cylinder or platen ofthe machine and a horizontal scale or paper retainer of an up and downadjustable ga e or sto located and operating rearward y of the orizontalscale or paper retainer for obtaining a regular line space from anirregular line space on the paper and entering the paper into themachine and positively horizontally positioning the paper in themachine, substantially as described.

2. In a typewriting machine, the combina- .tion with the cylinderV orroller platen of the machine and the scale plate, of an up and downadjustable gage or stop located and operating rearwardly of the scaleplate and adapted for projection through` the scale plate against theface of the cylinder or roller platen for obtainingfa regular line spacefrom an irregular line space on the paper and entering lthe paper intothe machine and positively horizontally positioning the paper in themachine, substantially as described.

3. In a typewriting machine, the combination with thecylinder or rollerplaten of the machine and the scale plate thereof and the feed rolls forthepaper, of an up and down adjustable gage or stop adapted to bestantially as described.

4. In a typewriting machine, the combithe machine and the scale platethereof and' the feed rolls.for the paper, of an up and down adjustableand suspended carrying bar located and o erating between the scale` themachine and the scale plate thereof and the feed rolls for the pa er, ofa suspended carryi the sca e plate and feed rolls and having adjustablegage or stop pins thereon adapted to be advanced and receded and whenladvanced engage the face of the cylinder or roller laten, for obtaininga regular line space paper and entering the paper' into the machine andpositively horizontally positioning the paper in the machine,substantially as described.

6. In a typewriting machine, thecombination with the cylinder or rollerplaten of the machine and-the scale plate thereof and the feed rolls, ofheads or blocks having the scale plate attached thereto, a bar extendinglengthwise of the scale plate and connected with the heads o'r blocks ateach end and having gage or stop pins thereon adapted to be advanced andreceded and when advanced engage the face of the cylinder or rollerlaten, for obtaining a regular line space 'Ifrom an irregular line spaceonthe paper and entering the paper into the machine and positivelyhorizontally positioning the paper in the machine, substantially asdescribed.

7. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the cylinder or rollerplaten of the machine and the scale plate thereof and the feed rolls forthe paper, of heads or blocks having the scale late attached thereto, abar,

suspended len tiwise of the scale plate and connected with the heads orblocks at each end and having age or stop pins thereon adapted to be a(vanced and receded and when advanced enga e the face of the cylinder orroller platen, or obtaining a regular line space from an irregular linespace on the paper and entering the paper into the machine andpositively and horizontally positioning the paper in the machine, 'and srings engaging the bar and operating to t row the lliar forward,substantially as described. l

8. In a t pewriting machine, the combination with ltlie cylinder orroller platen of the machine and the scale plate thereof and the barlocated` an operating between v om an irregular line space on the` feedrolls for the paper, of heads or blocks having the scale plate attachedthereto, a bar extending lengthwise of the scale plate and pivotallyconnected with the heads or blocks at each end and having gage or stoppins thereon adapted to be advanced and receded and when advanced engagethe face of the cylinder or roller platen, for obtaining a regular linespace from an irreffular line space on the aper and enterim1r t ie paperinto the mac ine and positivelby horizontally positioning the paper inthe machine, a spring at each end of the bar for advancing the bar toroject the gage or stop ins against the cylinder o`r roller platen and)an arm on the bar for retracting the pins as the feed rolls initiallystrike the paper, substantially as de scribed.

9. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the cylinder or rollerplaten of the machine and the feed rolls for the paper, of a barextending lengthwise and below the feed rollers and having gage or stoppins thereon adapt-ed to be advanced and receded coincident with therecession and advance of the feed rolls and when advanced with'the rollsclear of the c linder engage the face of the cylinder or ro ler platenfor obstructing the 1passage of the paper and .obtaining a regular iiiespace from an irregular line space on the paper and entering .the paperinto the machine and positively horizontally positioning the paper inthe machine, and means for advancing andreceding the feed rolls,substantially as described. f

10. In a ty ewritin machine, the combination with tie c lin er or rollerlaten of the machine and t ie feed rolls for t e paper, of a gage orstop for enterin the paper into the machine and positively horizontallypositionin the paper in the machine, the feed rolls an( the gage or stophaving simultaneously op osite movement in relation toleach other, wereby when one is advanced to engage the paper the other will be recededto clear the paper, substantiall as described.

11. In a ty ewritin? mac ine, the combination with t ie cylin( er orroller laten of the machine and the feed rolls for t e paper,

of a gage or stop for enterin the paper into the machine and positivelyorizontally`po sitioninv the paper 'in the machine, the feed rolls andthe gage or stop havin a-simultaneously op osite movement in re ation toeach other, w ereby when one is advancedto engage the paper the otherwill be receded to clear the pa er, and means for giving the feed rollsand)the gage or stop their opposite movements, substantially asdescribed.

12. In a ty ewritin machine, the combination with tlie cylin er orroller laten of the machine, of a side guide ga e aving a plate body anda laterally exten ing ton ue united to the body, a ca inghead into whichthe tongue is entered, an a set screw passing through the head andengaging` the tongue,

`writing,m'achine, comprising a carrying tively both horizontally andvertica` y in thel machine, substantially as described.

14.' attachmentfor posltively horizontally positioning sheets of paperin a type- -vwriting machine, comprising an adjustable gage or stop,adapted for'sus ensionvon the machinev to coperate with tie cylinder orroller platen thereof rearwardly of a horizon-` tal scale -or 'paperretainer bar and limit the passage of the paper` initially into themachine, in combinatlon with a horizontal scale orpaper'retainer,substantially as described. l 15. An 'attachment for. positively'horizontally positioning sheets ci) writing machine, comprising anadjustable gageor stop, adapted for sus ension in coo erative relationwith the cy inder orA roller p aten of the vrmachine.rearwardly o fahorizontal scale or paper retainer bar and to be projected against theface of the cylinder or roller platen, in combination with a horizontalscalev or paperretainer, substantially as described.

16. An attachment for positively horizontally positioning sheets ofpaper in a tylpeadapted for suspension in coperative relationl with thecylinder or roller platen of the machine: rearwardly of a horizontalscale or paper retainer andi/,having thereon adustab e gage .orstop;pii1s,` advanced Van( receded inAcorrelation-to the cylinderor'rollerl platen, and when advanced engaging `the face of the cylinderor roller platen, for obtaining a regular line space from an irregularline space on the aper, in combination with ahorizontal scale or 'paperretainer, substantially as v described. y p

17 An attachment for ositively horizontally positioning sheets oi) paper1n a typewriting machine, comprising a scale plate, a suspendedbarlocated and operating rearwardly of the scale and having thereon gageand stop pins adapted to beadvanced and receded, and 'he'adsor blockscarrying. the scale i v plateand the 'bar and its gage or stop pins and.adapted for attachment to the machine, for suspending the scale plateand bar and its gage or stop pins in proper cooperative relation withthecylinder or roller laten of the machine, substantially as descri ed,18. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the cylinder orroller'platen o f4` regular line spaces and located at one end o themachine,y of a circular scale indicating' withithe cylinder or rollerplaten, and a graduated scale adjustably mounted and held when yadjustedin a fixed relation and cooperating wlth and furnishing a stop for thecircular scale, for obtaining` a selected prede- 'andrevoluble`independently or in unison v termined line space,substantially as' described.`

19. In a bination with the cylinderor roller platen of they machine, ofanendwise slidable ratchet typewriting machine, the complate or disk atthe endv of the cylinder orl platen, a pawl or dog engagin theratchetyplate or disk, and `anumber sca e having the paWl'or dogfiXedly pivotedthereto and indicatmg regular typewriting s'aces of the machine andreversely turnab e inde endently of the cylinder or roller platen Witthe l release of the ratchet plate or disk from the pawl ordog,substantlally as described.

20. In a Vtypewriting machine, the comv bination with the vcylinder orroller platen of the machine, of an endwise slidable ratchet Y,

plateor disk, a Vpawl or dog engaging the ratchet plate ordisk, a numberscale having the pawl or dog fixedly pivoted thereto and indicatingregular typewriting spaces ofthe machine and Vreversely turnable indeend-l `ently of the cylinder or roller platen wit the release of theratchet plate orv disk from the pawl or dog, a graduated scale adaptedto be positioned and locked in position, and a stop' on the graduatedscale for 'stopping` the turning of the`number scale at the predetermined line indicated by the graduated scale, substantially as described.

21.l In a typewriting machine, the combination with the `cylinder orroller platen of the machine, of an endwiseslidable ratchet plate ordisk, a pawl or dog engaging the ratchetl late or disk, a number scalehaving the paw or do `xedly pivoted thereto and indicating regu artypewriting spaces of the machine, and reversely turnable inde'endentlyof the cylinder or roller platen wit they release of the ratchet'platefor disk from the pawl or do'g, a graduated scale adapted to bepositioned and locked in position, and a stopv on the raduated scale forstopping the turningvof t e number scale at the predetermined ,lineyindicated byA the graduated scale, and a spring for giving the numberscale its reverse turning, substantially as described.

22. In a typewriting machine, the combination with the cylinder orroller platen of `the machine, of an endwise slidable ratchet plate ordisk a aWl or dog engaging the ratchet plate br disk, a number scalehaving

